(RaMCHa”L). Layesharim Tehillah

AUCTION 14 | Tuesday, November 13th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 278

LUZZATTO, MOSES CHAIM

(RaMCHa”L). Layesharim Tehillah

FIRST EDITION. Half-title in red. Title in red and black. A Wide-Margined Copy pp.(42). Lightly bowned, minimally stained, stamp removed from title. Contemporary sheep, upper cover blind-tooled with Star-of-David motif, rubbed. Sm. folio Vinograd, Amsterdam 1570; Mehlman 1306; Gans, Memorbook p.155

Amsterdam: The Proops Orphans 1743

Est: $10,000 - $15,000

ONE OF ONLY FIFTY COPIES PRINTED. EVIDENTLY, THE FIRST WORK OF A MODERN HEBREW LITERATURE. An ethical allegorical drama, penned by Luzzatto in honor of the marriage of his student Jacob de Haves to Rachel de Vega Henriques. With a masterly use of language, the work exercised strong influence in the development of the writings of the Early Haskalah. Numerous works of neo-Hebrew poetry were produced using Luzzatto’s Layesharim Tehillah as a model